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is breaking news, the senate voting on the buffet rule and failing tonight. mostly along party lines. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the presidents election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was quick to jump into the debate. target number one for them, mitt romney. >> when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax ...

and good evening, everyone. im erin burnett outfront tonight. is breaking news, the senate voting on the buffet rule and failing tonight. mostly along party lines. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the presidents election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was quick to jump into the debate. target number one fo...

Pilots will have a lot more information in the cockpit. >> theyre all moving along this very precise path. we know where the path is. the controller knows where the path is we have got auto pilots and flight management computers that are guiding the airplane along that path. >> at a cost of $340,000 per plane, alaska airlines equipped its entire fleet, its been using g.p.s. to land in places like juneau for about a decade. starting in june will begin testing it at ctack. if it does well you can ...

and good evening, everyone. im erin burnett outfront tonight. the senate voting right now on the buffett rule. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the presidents election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was chick to jump into the debate. target number one, mitt romney. >> when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax ...

Available so you do see bizarre situations. there did come a point in time, so everybody is clear, they realized it was legitimate and some help was out out -- put out there, but jason hit it on the head, you have to look at exactly what happened. i heard parts of the actual tape myself, which is available to listen to, and again, you know, with a 99 percent, thank god, success rate, this is just a very bizarre, bizarre situation, but again, if its determined that the controller in good faith th...

Thats unfortunate and sounds bizarre, but thats w457d. -- what happened. so then the controller followed up with, not surprisingly, whats your location. and in another bizarre recipe for confusion and disaster, there was no response. lastly, it appears, and the facts have to be developed, you know, in more detail, and really study it, but it appears they did not, repeat, did not, use the correct emergency freeience question -- frequency that should have been idea, so for all those reasons thats ...

Inbound in snowy weather when the pilot first asked permission to land. >> >> 34 right is one of the runways at denver international airport. someone in the tower cleared the plane and within the next few minutes the pilot declared emergency there was smoke in the cockpit. the pilot asked for emergency equipment to be waiting but that never happened. when the plane final lands, its clear the controller is still unaware there is an emergency. he asked the pilot to hurry off the runway. >> minimum...

Fore. irginia beach. >> rk oy else we heard from was the mayor of virginia beach. adespite everything right nth s in v3 a is ready to stand behind the navy more than ever. >> hany tiee sp : tha t you very much. ooeaan. miraculous thats killed. we are learning about another scare in the sky i3 >> holving an air traffic controller. he ignored a pilots urgent ooequest to ming ye an y landing. the controller thought was a prank and when the pilot made the call askind ito land in adenver because ther...

Officers noticed the suv didnt have license plates. >> all right. new questions at this hour after an air traffic controller is accused of ignoring a pilots call for help. the plane was apparently in distress after reporting smoke in the cabin. and now federal investigators want to know why the tower failed to take several lifesaving precautions. justin joseph is with our denver affiliate, kvbr and has the story. >> united flight 5912 was inbound in snowy weather when the pilot first asked permi...

The problem is the controller never rolled emergency equipment to help the pilot as he requested, even though you can tell from the next communication he needs it. >> were evacuating! >> at one point the tower even calls the plane by the wrong tail number. he says 12, not 5912, the flights number. >> that wasnt you. >> the panic continues. >> 5912, the equipment is on the way. >> 19 passengers evacuated safely, one with injuries. the ntsb is now investigating, little comfort for the apparent con...